June 14, 2009
FOIA precedents and the CPRA
Can a federal FOIA case serve as a precedent for a CA Public Records Act case?
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June 14, 2009
College Campus Police Blotter
I am interested in finding out whether the police blotter on college campuses is public record. Are there any case…
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June 14, 2009
Records involving peace officers
I submitted a CPRA request to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and received some satisfaction. There are some items…
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June 14, 2009
Access to coroner’s report
My question is to what elements of a coroner’s report to we have access?
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June 14, 2009
Accessing Government Phone Records
I am researching a public records request. It is my understanding, post Prop 59, that the public paid for cell…
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June 14, 2009
Autopsy records of a public official
I am news producer at a television station. One of our city councilmen, recently died.
Under the public records act,…
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June 14, 2009
Complaints, and Public Record
My city’s Code Enforcement department has many pages of complaints about the building in which I’m living. I am collecting…
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June 14, 2009
Does the agency have to know why you want records
An agency that I am requesting info from is pressing to know “what am I looking for”, e.g. why I…
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June 14, 2009
Internal audit reports and the CPRA
At the Metropolitan Transit System there is a practice of giving the Board of Directors copies of internal audit reports,…
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June 14, 2009
Obtaining Copies of Police Reports Relating to a Minor
The Sheriff’s Office refused to provide me with a copy of their Police Report about a shooting. I stated that…